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    A terrified teenager plunged to her death from a fourth floor window in front of her distraught family as she lost her grip while trying to escape a fire raging in her bedroom. Meilan Duong has been named as the youngster with a a heart of gold who died in the blaze in east London yesterday morning - just a fortnight before her 18th birthday. Horrified onlookers said the young girl, wearing just her underwear, was clinging on outside her window screaming for help as the inferno raged inside. One witness claimed she had tried to climb out using a blanket or rope on to the balcony on the floor below, but was forced to let go after her hair and the rope caught fire. Next door neighbour Shopba Begum, 36, described the teen she believed was attending sixth form college as a lov...

    Grenfell Tower tenants illegally subletting given legal protection in bid to establish death toll Grenfell Tower tenants who were illegally subletting will not be prosecuted, the Government has announced in an attempt to help establish the number of victims of the deadly blaze. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said that new legal guidance would ensure anybody who was unlawfully renting out their property in the building would avoid charges. It comes as authorities face increasing pressure to establish a total death toll, with some people alleging survivors had not come forward to report those living in their flat as missing due to fear of reprisal. Police believe at least 80 people died in the blaze on Wednesday, June 14, but officials have said they may not know the fina...

Sumon Ahmed: Fires had happened in Tower Hamlets again within few hours. This fire incident happened on the 4th floor of a residential building in St. Paul's Way in front of St. Paul's Secondary School. According to the report, A woman jumped from the 4-storied building and was on the street. Ambulance workers are providing medical services to a leopard from a 4 storey building. In the social media, the woman's body is covered by a fire service worker. The 17-year-old is believed to have fallen to her death as the blaze swept through a third-floor maisonette in St Paul’s Way. Fire fighters and paramedics were called to the scene shortly before 6am where a man was rescued from a fourth floor bedroom before being rushed to hospital. Three other people, who escaped the blaze before fire fight...

    A blaze has ripped through a block of new million-pound apartments near London's Victoria Park today. The fourth floor and attic roof at trendy Bow Wharf have been incinerated as the fire raged through the five-storey block today. The cause of the fire is still unknown at this stage, yet a picture shows solar panels on fire at the waterside development, where homes are on sale for more than £1million. One shocked witness told the MailOnline: I noticed massive billows of smoke when I was leaving my flat so I quickly rushed back and noticed it was the building opposite. "The spread seemed concentrated around the solar panels on the top. It looked a bit like the solar panels were on fire. At least 75% of the roof has been destroyed, while eighty fire fighters desperately try ...